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Apple CEO John Ternus unveiled the first touchscreen MacBook Pro models with OLED displays, reversing a decade-plus stance and targeting the premium creative market.

• Apple unveiled its first touchscreen MacBook Pro models with OLED displays, reversing a hardware stance it held for more than a decade.
• The 14-inch MacBook Pro starts at $2,899 with an M5 Pro chip, and the 16-inch starts at $4,799 with an M5 Max.
• IDC data shows 33.4 million touchscreen laptops shipped in 2025, with rival touch notebooks averaging a selling price of about $1,009.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:13 A Shift in Product Strategy
02:17 Hardware Specifications and Pricing
03:45 Market Position and Enterprise Competition

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Instagram is testing 90-minute video uploads called Features to retain creators and take on YouTube ad revenue. Here is what it means for monetization.

• Instagram is testing long-form video uploads of up to 90 minutes, called Features, a departure from its focus on short-form Reels.
• YouTube pays eligible Partner Program creators 55% of ad revenue and reported paying out more than $100 billion over the past four years.
• Meta has not committed to an ad revenue share for Features but says it is exploring performance-based incentives and direct earning tools.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:43 The Shift Toward Longer Formats
01:37 Creator Monetization and the Ad Revenue Gap
02:31 Meta’s Commercial Outlook

Read the full story on Blockrora: https://blockrora.com/technology/instagram-90-minute-videos-youtube-monetization/

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One app to get paid, invoice clients and track every payment, with no card fees and none of the wallet clutter.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:52 The problem: card fees and clunky wallets
01:33 How Solid works
02:04 Run your business on Solana
02:50 Who it’s for
03:10 Free for everyone, with more when you need it
04:01 Get Solid
04:22 About Solid

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OpenAI follows Anthropic in cutting live internet access during frontier AI model training, shifting to isolated sandboxes after breakout security risks.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Breakout Attempts and Changing Calculus
01:45 Moving from the Open Web to Synthetic Copies
02:22 What This Means for the Wider Tech Ecosystem

Read the full story on Blockrora: https://blockrora.com/technology/openai-anthropic-cut-live-internet-ai-training/

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Canva unveils Canva Craft, its first proprietary image generation model trained on real design templates to challenge OpenAI and Google.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:53 A Two-Stage Synthesis Pipeline
01:51 Training on Design Data Instead of Photographs
02:46 Distribution and Model Variants
03:18 Strategic Implications and Cost Control

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A global race to patch critical PHP vulnerabilities causes worldwide enterprise shutdowns as automated exploit attempts surge into the millions.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:15 A Coordinated Digital Scramble
02:51 The Shrinking Attack Window
04:17 Structural Lessons for Enterprise Infrastructure

Read the full story on Blockrora: https://blockrora.com/technology/php-vulnerabilities-exploit-surge-enterprise-chaos/

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Between 2024 and early 2026, the cryptocurrency sector underwent a fundamental transition from speculative expansion to institutional retrenchment. While market infrastructure matured through the arrival of exchange-traded products and stablecoin growth, a surge in “dead” tokens and shifting platform policies triggered a massive displacement of talent.

Read the full story on Blockrora: https://blockrora.com/blockchain/web3-layoffs-talent-displacement-2026/

As we move through 2026, the nonprofit sector finds itself in the grip of a startling paradox. According to the 2026 Nonprofit AI Adoption Report by Virtuous and Fundraising.AI, a staggering 92% of nonprofits have now integrated AI into their daily operations. On paper, we are a tech-forward industry.

Read the full story on Blockrora: https://blockrora.com/opinions/nonprofit-ai-efficiency-plateau-2026/

Discovery Health has reversed its stance and will absorb the cost of a claims processing error after public backlash from affected medical scheme members.

Read the full story on Blockrora: https://blockrora.com/business/discovery-health-covers-claims-error-after-backlash/

Donut Lab has announced what it describes as the world’s first production-deployed all-solid-state battery, marking a potential inflection point for electric mobility. Unlike solid-state technologies that remain confined to laboratories or pilot programs, Donut Lab claims its system is already shipping in consumer vehicles.

Read the full story on Blockrora: https://blockrora.com/technology/donut-lab-solid-state-battery-production-evs/